It means expensive, onerous, valuable. High price or cost. It also means dear, appreciated. In Colombia it is also a surname of Spanish origin. Surname of illustrious neogranadino (Colombian) writer, named José Eusebio Caro Ibáñez, who was one of the ideologists of the Colombian Conservative Party. Last name of a president and notable Colombian writer, son of the former and named Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar. He co-wrote the Grammar of the Latin Language and was Director of the Colombian Academy of Language.
